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H. F. BARTLETT.

OVEN FOR 0IL,- GAS, 0R GASOLINE STOVES. No. 478,211. Patented July5,1892.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

HENRY F. BARTLETT, OF SPRINGFIELD, MISSOURI, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-THIRD TO S.A. HAZLETINE, S. O. HAZLETINE, AND JOHN F. CARSON, OF SAME PLACE.

OVEN FOR OIL, GAS, OR GASOLINE STOVES.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 178,211, dated July 5,1892. Application filed April 28, 1887. Serial No. 236,502- (No model.)

T0 00% whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, HENRY F. BARTLETT, a citizen of the United States,residing at Springfield, in the county of Greene and State of Missouri,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Ovens for Oil, Gas,or Gasoline Stoves; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full,clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enableothers skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use thesame.

My invention relates to a new and useful improvementinovens foroil-stoves; and it consists, generally stated, in an outer casingprovided with an inlet heatopening in its bottom, a perforated plateabove said opening, an interior casing provided with an imperforatebottom, said casin g being perforated in its sides and top, andadoorprovided with perforations, all as will hereinafter be described,and afterward pointed out in the claim.

In the drawings forming a part of this specificatiomwherein likelettersof reference refer to like parts whereverthey occur, Fig- 11 re 1 is aperspective viewof the oven. Fig. 2 is a longitudinal vertical section.Fig. 3 is a transverse vertical section, and Fig. 4 is a perspective ofthe removable bottom detached.

In the drawings, A represents the outer casing, provided with a door Bat one end, said door being perforated, as at b.

0 indicates a heat-inlet opening; D, an interior chamber provided withopenings d and d in its sides and top, respectively, the top extendinglaterally beyond the sides of the chamber to the sides of the casing A.At the bottom of'the casing is a perforated plate E, extending theentire length thereof and of a width less than the casing, said bottombeing provided with openings 6 immediately over the heat-inlet O.

F indicates a supplemental bottom or sliding floor fitting snugly in thebottom of the interior chamber, said bottom being provided withdownwardly-projecting flanges at its front and sides to permit freepassage of hot air between the same and the perforated bottom E.Extending upwardly from the rear of this supplemental bottom isaflangeadapted to fit against the rear wall of the interior chaniber and form atight joint therewith.

The passage of the hot air entering the inlet 0 may be described asfollows: Heated air enters the opening 0 and, impinging against theperforated bottom E, is diifused. A poi tion passing through theopenings e comes in contact with the bottom F and passes beneath thesame out at the rear of the interior chamber, while that portion of theheated air not finding passage through the openings e passes around thesides of the interior chamber upward, portions of which find passagethrough openings d in the sides of the interior cham-' ture ismaintained on all sides, which is a very desirable feature in ovens ofthis class.

Having thus described my invention, what 'I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is I In an oven for oil-stoves, thecombination, with the outer casing having an inlet-opening in itsbottom, of a perforated plate above said opening and an interior casingprovided with a solid bottom, perforated sides and top, and a doorprovided with perforations near its upper edge for the escape of theair, substantially as and for the purposes described,

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

HENRY F. BARTLETT. Witnesses:

H. H. HAMMOND, BRYANT CoKER.

